WW1

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Rootes, John Henry

Born 19^th March 1895 the son of James Frederick and Jane Elizabeth Rootes (nee Ayton) a 20 year old labourer he embarked Brisbane 21^st October 1915 on board “HMAT Seang Bee” with the 26^th Infantry Battalion.

He was killed in action 15^th April 1917 and like others with no known grave is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France

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